Our School Technologies
School Safety Letter
My name is Mrs Bell and I am technologies coordinator at Niddrie Mill Primary.
My roles at Niddrie Mill at the moment include:
- To teach Technologies to all the classes
The technologies framework provides a range of different contexts for learning that draw on important aspects of everyday life and work.
It includes creative, practical and work-related experiences and outcomes in business, computing science, food, textiles, craft, design, engineering, graphics and applied technologies.
It is important to remember that as children and young people play and learn they will develop an interest, confidence and enjoyment in ICT skills that can be transferred and applied in different learning contexts.
(Extract from
www.ltscotland.org.uk
)
I also support the teachers with technologies in the classroom
- To Support/take classes for Moving Image
'Put simply, moving image media literacy means 'reading' and 'writing' moving images, understanding, enjoying and sharing them.'
(Extract from www.scottishscreen.com )
I take groups/ classes of children to critically view films (Both short and feature)
I am also looking for suitable DVDs to use with the children, so if you have any you do not want, hand them into the school.
- To run Accelerated Reader
Our online reading programme for P3 - P7. (www.renlearn.co.uk)
- Accelerated Reader - Success Story
Niddriemill Primary are now a 'Success story' on the website www.renlearn.co.uk, click on case studies and then you will see the Niddrie Mill logo, click on it to view our story (www.renlearn.co.uk)
- To pilot the programme Gigajam
An online music programme that teaches children guitar, keyboard and drums with P6 and P7. (www.gigajam.com)
- National Story Telling
To take a group of children to take part in a National Story Telling project called a Heritage of Story, which involves schools around the United Kingdom and Ireland. We will be retelling traditional stories using various forms of technology
- Internet Safety
To run an internet safety programme. This involves the children working in ICT, parent workshops and assemblies. The programme is taken from the Government run website
(www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ )
This website has excellent resources for parents.
Internet Safety Weeks
For more info click HERE
I am also the Gifted and Talented Teacher for East Edinburgh.
At parent's evening/afternoon I try and run an information evening to tell you what is happening; it is also an opportunity for you to come and see me if you need to. However if you have a query you can make an appointment to see me whenever.
Thanks
Miss Borthwick
View our Technologies newsletter HERE
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For two weeks (Week beginning 24th January and 1st February) Miss Borthwick ran Internet Safety Weeks linked to the Government organisation CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) and their website www.thinkyouknow.co.uk. Children learned about various aspects of internet safety and about keeping safe, when online. The P1's - 3's learned about Hector's World and P4-P7 completed activities linked to the Cyber caf‚. On Friday 12th February Miss Borthwick and helpers from throughout the school ran an assembly to the rest of the school.
The Nasty Text Message
Primary 7's created a sketch about sending nasty text messages. This was to highlight how a victim should feel and that they should tell someone if they receive anything that is nasty or makes them feel uncomfortable. It also highlighted the consequences for someone, who thought it was ok to send nasty texts.
The Borrowed phone
Primary 7's created a sketch, where someone Borrowed their friends phone and sent Nasty texts to the teacher, this highlighted that you should be careful who you lend your phone to and also the consequences for people, who do send Nasty texts, even when it is not their own phone.
The SMART thinking pictures are things that children need to remember when they are online.
